Soviet Unions Airplanes in spring 1942; Published 1942.

[Staga]

I took couple scans from aircraft recognition book I bought last spring. If you're interested I'll scan more. Some of pics need some restoration because some kid has practise his drawing skills on it (NOT ME   ).

Front page:
   

I-15Bis
   
   

Here's no planes but my friends grand-dad with his fellow Cavalrymen in Finland in Lappeenranta 1926.
 Rakuunat

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[Ozark]

Thanks Staga...Great stuff.  

Yes, I would enjoy seeing more.

[Staga]

Here's a nice link if you're interested recognition books.
 http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Campus/1750/menu02.html  

[Staga]

Few more:
I-153
 
 

and Di-6 (This one is strange to me?)
 

[Yeatsie]

Hi Staga,

I've had a look at the shots they look good but probably not much use for what I was going to use them for.

But I have an idea for an alternative use for them.

Is it possible to mail me a few more samples if you have the time (mail address in my profile).

Thanks

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[snafu]

Hey all I've got quite a few copies of the Aircraft recognition magazine from between 1942 & 47. I'll sort em out and post a few of the Silhouette tests if anyone's interested. Also if anyone is interested in copies of pilot's notes for amongst others Various Spits. Mosquito, Lanc etc follow the link to my Homepage below.

TTFN
snafu

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[Wmaker]

VERY cool stuff...I'd sure like to see more of it!!!

[Jimdandy]

That's neat. Scan some more.

I have and old book like that. It was my grandfathers. It has all of the US Navy ships and planes up thru 1944 in it. I found it in a trunk in the old farm house. My grandpa was an electrician and installed radar on US navy ships during WWII. I have no idea how he ended up with some of the stuff he had. There were old wiring diagrams lying around his house from WWII that had TOP SECRET stamped on them. LOL! Unfortunately his house burnt down so all of those "TOP SECRET" documents were lost. I would have loved to have them now.

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[PG monster]

Hello all, welcome my site to know a bit more on Policarpov fighters.

And yes Staga, DI-6 is real 2-seater biplane.

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[Staga]

I scanned more pages and put the files here:
 http://koti.mbnet.fi/~staga/ww2planes/Thumbnails.html

Some of pics are still having some marks of that young artist, Havent got a time/nerves to clean those up yet.

[Boroda]

Hmmm...

What the hell did they mean by I-16bis?! La-5 1942? It looks more like I-180 that never saw combat, or I-185, but I don't remember where I-185s were tested in the frontline. Could be Karelia. If so - it can be a very rare rrecognition chart, there were only a few machines in one regiment!

What is I-17? Yak? Silouettes doesn't look correct...

It gives you an idea of a "reliability" of enemy plane recognition. Wonder how many "I-17s" Finnish pilots shot down.

Once I read an article about one of the last bomber raids to Finland in March, 1940. One DB-3 was shot down, and Soviet pilots said that it was attacked by "Spitfires". But even Hurries still were not delivered to Finland at that time! Grendel made some research and found some info about this fight from Finnish side. The plane was really new, but it was a G-50!

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    Pavel Pavlov,
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